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Hi everyone,

What is proper etiquette for tipping vendors?  At a restaurant, I'll normally tip 15-20%, but if I do that for my photog, for example, that's gonna be A LOT and a major thing to budget for!  Same goes for all of them... musicians, caterers... how do I know how much to tip them?  Like all the catering staff -- I imagine that it's not based on percentages. 

What do people do?  Just a flat-rate tip?  About how much?  I mean, do you tip $100 or $20?  I'm clueless...

its nice to give them tips but they dont expect it, sometimes just a thank you for there service and explaining how they made your day feel is usually a kind enough gesture and even that with brides being as busy as they are they dont see much of

PS if they do require a tip its usually caterers and it usually already included in the contract or they have a little side note saying that the contract does not include gratuity